Episode 8: Mireille Kayijamahe – Voices of Peace from the Congo Basin: African Women, Leadership & Well-being | Black Earth Podcast

In this moving episode of Black Earth, our host, Marion, is joined by Mireille Kayijamahe, founder of Terra Mucho. Terra Mucho is a podcast and platform uplifting African women’s leadership across the Congo Basin through storytelling, mentoring and well-being.

Mireille works in one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, a place too often reduced to extremes in the news. Parts of this region, including her place of heritage, the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shaped by decades of conflict and hardship, alongside everyday acts of care, love and resilience.

This is a conversation beyond the news headlines: the voices, leadership, tenderness, and everyday peace-making that rarely make it into global narratives.

Listen to find out:
🎙️ Why Mireille created the Terra Mucho podcast and platform
🌍 What African women’s leadership looks like in the Congo Basin
🌱  Why rest and wellbeing are essential leadership practices
🕊️ How ongoing conflict in the DRC has shaped Mireille’s life and work
🗺️ What Mireille wants the world to truly understand about the Congo Basin

A huge thank you to our funding partner, Synchronicity Earth, for supporting the creation of this season of Black Earth Podcast and Mireille’s work with Terra Mucho.

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Episode chapters

01:40 - Mireille’s relationship with nature

04:30 - Why Mireille created Terra Mucho platform 

17:15 - How women in the Congo basin lead

22:02 - Why we need wellbeing and rest for African women leaders

36:10 - How the on-going conflict in Congo has shaped Mireille’s life and work

42:12 - What Mireille wants the world to know about the Congo basin

44:03 - How to support Mireille and support Black Earth Podcast